258 TEAXSACTIONS AND PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE [Sess. lviii. 



as the " Juhcea spcdabilis " in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, 

 p. 15, and in Sub-Trop. Rambles, p. 144. 



Barkly and Home saw it in 1869, and they record it 

 under " Xo. 24. Bottle Palm" in Trans. Boy. Soc. Maur., 

 1869, pp. 114-116 and 138. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. .383, under H. amari- 

 caulis, Mart., the only station mentioned is " common in 

 Bound Island, Barkly ! Home ! Endemic." 



The vernacular name of this palm in Mauritius is 

 Palmiste Gargoulette or Bottle Palm. 



DiCTYOSPERiiA ALBUM, WcndL — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 384. I saw this palm common in Bound Island in 

 fruit only. It is also native in Mauritius. 



Palm 10-20 feet high. Leaf -sheath thin, tomentose, 

 pale whitish - yellow ; midrib of leaf green ; pinnae 

 coriaceous, shining green above, glaucous beneath, with 

 green veins and margin. Spadix 1 foot long, with per- 

 sistent membranous bracts at the bases of the branches. 

 Fruit i inch long, ovoid, glabrous, shining green, with a 

 brown apex. Persistent perianth- segments pale green, with 

 a brown margin and apex. 



Lloyd saw this palm in Bouud Island in 1 844, and he 

 records it by its vernacular name " Palmiste " in Trans. 

 Xat. Hist. Soc. Maur., 1842-45, p. 158. 



Pike also saw it in 1868, and he records it as " Areca 

 alha" in Trans. Boy. Soc. Maur., 1869, p. 15, and in Sub- 

 Trop. Bambles, p. 144. 



Barkly and Home saw it in 1869, and they record it 

 under "Xo. 25 Areca sp. : Near A. alba" in Trans. Boy. 

 Soc. Maur., 1869, pp. 116 and 138. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 384, under D. album, 

 "Wendl., the following note occurs : — " In a plant from 

 Bound Island, Mr. Home says one or two of the lower 

 branches of the spadix are subtended by membranous 

 bracts." 



Paxdane^. 



Paxdanus Vaxdeemeeeschii, Balf. fil. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 398. I saw this plant common all over 

 the island in fruit only. 



Tree 10-20 feet hi^h. Leaves channelled above, keeled 



